Finally made myself an elastic waist skirt

6.22.2010

I'm sure you've seen these simple elastic-waist skirts around the blogosphere and at stores (Forever 21 and BP in Nordstrom have tons of them! And I bet Target and Old Navy, pretty much anywhere cheap and with selection). But I know I can make one myself, so I just bought some cute Guatemalan-inspired woven stripe with some beautiful colors in a soft cotton, and some wide elastic, and threw this together!

I always like things that I can wear with my jean jacket, since it's sort of hard to pair with things.
I made this skirt significantly longer than the little tiny mini teenybopper ones I've seen at the stores, since, well, important coverage. But I think it's a little too long, don't you? With the fullness and all, it just doesn't totally work for me. I'll probably shorten it a little.

I don't think I have a favorite, since I did mine slightly different than all of the ones I list, and honestly they are all a little more complicated than what I did on mine! I will say that I encourage you to sew the elastic on the gathered part off-set, rather than right sides together (like Eternal Magpie and Ruffles and Stuff's tutorials do).

Awesome. I agree, it does need to be shortened just a bit. Bummer too, I have a hard time with skirts that are above the knee even though that's the style right now. Particularly when I'm sitting in church holding my 10-mo-old; my skirt always gets pulled up somehow so if it's too short it gets a little scandalous!

Very cute! I've been meaning to try one of these, I always have too many projects in my head. Can you explain more what you meant by, "sew the elastic on the gathered part off-set, rather than right sides together". I'm a little confused.

Thanks, everyone, for your comments, and it's funny that it seems pretty divided on to shorten or not to shorten!Sarah, yes, Miss Fitz is right, I mean place the elastic on top of the gathered fabric and sew instead of sewing right sides together.

I love your skirt! The elastic waist skirt is the first thing I made myself, and I liked it so much I made three! They're really easy and super comfy, although

Stefi, I have been sewing the elastic inside the waistband to hide it. I found some wide elastic similar to the kind found in Ann Taylor Loft skirts, and it worked well to sew in by folding the fabric over. If you'd like to read about my skirts, I have two blog posts about them:http://silverrosesewing.blogspot.com/2010/06/project-2.htmlhttp://silverrosesewing.blogspot.com/2010/06/its-getting-steamy.html